I am over painting.
I am over paying for painting supplies.
But, I am almost done. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. Here's what I've painted so far:
~Our old apartment (2 Bedrooms, Bathroom, Hallway, and one gigantic Living Room)
~3 Bedrooms
~Basement
~Dining Room
~Living Room
~Hallway
~Bathroom
~4 Closets
~Pantry
I only have the upstairs hallway, upstairs bathroom, and kitchen left, but those are all relatively small areas that I am not really dreading. We do need to do some painting on the outside of our house (it's still ugly to look at...I think I cringe every time I look at our house from the outside), but perhaps that might be time to call in the professional painters (unless Kevin you want to do it...I know how much you loved painting that one summer...I'll let you listen to top-40 radio over and over again too!). Perhaps I still have more to do that I originally thought, but still, the majority of it is done.
So here's my list of the top 5 things I hate about painting:
1. Taping. Ugggh such a pain in the ass. I hate it. The tape is 4 or 5 dollars a roll (it's fucking tape...) and when you have to tape a big room, it's very time consuming.
2. Edging. It always seems I need to do more coats of paint around the edges than anywhere else. Why is that? Perhaps God knows I hate edging, so he's getting a good laugh by torturing me by making me do it more. Thanks, God.
3. Cleaning Brushes. Paint brushes suck to clean. I hate it when water ricochets off the paint brush and gets onto other things. It's just a mess. And I never feel like the brush is fully clean.
4. Moving the Furniture. You have three options: 1) Move the furniture out of the room before you paint, 2) Cover the furniture while you paint, 3) Do nothing and get paint all over your furniture. I choose the first because I hate bumping into furniture while I paint and covering it is just as much a pain as moving it. Still, moving a bookshelf or a desk where you have to clear everything off is annoying- and then you have to move it all back!
5. Spackling. Little nail holes, old curtain rod bracket holes, or Adam's butt hole (haha)- they all need spackling before you paint. And I don't mind the spackling so much as the sanding after it's all dried. The dust always makes me sneeze and makes a mess on the floor- which I then have to vacuum. Spackling fixes the hole, but it makes more work for me!
~Mikey D
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6 comments:
whine whine whine...
maybe if you would let someone help you it wouldn't be so bad!
Have you seen that "perfect edge" informercial. That seems like a product for you.
The worst hassle of painting is using oil-based paints. Just be thankful you don't have to deal with that mess.
(Although I have never spackled Adam's butt hole. That seems like a terrible job too....)
Ah! I accidently bought an oil based paint when I was doing the closets!!!!!! Holy shit...never never never again. I got some on my arm and it took FOREVER to wash off. I ended up taking a green bristle-pad and literally scrubbed my arm until it was gone (along with layers of my skin).
And Grace and I looked into the "Perfect Edge". From online reviews, it was apparently a rip-off. We saw it in the store too, and it did look very cheap.
We once did an entire exterior in oil-based paint. After that house, I told my boss flat out that I would quit before I ever touched oil-based paint again.
An infomerical product that doesn't work!? What has the world come to? I have never actually used one, so I have no idea if it's a rip-off or not. Oh well...
You could probably find a comparable tool at Home Depot for the same price that probably works the same or better. Still, edging sucks, no matter what tool you use.
Haha did you get some of the paint on you??? What did you use to get it off if you did?
Yes, I definitely got paint all over me. I don't exactly remember what I used to get it off, probably a wet washcloth and a LOT of scrubbing. All I remember was that it was terrible, and that I will never use oil-based paints.
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